Crowdfunding. Research & Practice

Contents

Introduction

Artur Trzebiński
10 Years of Equity Crowdfunding in Poland

1. Introduction
2. Equity Crowdfunding – the Platforms
3. Equity Crowdfunding – the Issuers (Project Owners)
4. Exit Strategies by Crowdfunding Investors
5. Conclusion
6. References

Aneta Ewa Waszkiewicz, Maria Kukurba
Crowdfunding as an answer to the needs of the SME sector during the pandemic

1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
3. Methodology of the research
4. Results of the research
4.1. Alternative finance – crowdfunding and the crowdinvestment and non-investment CF sub-segments
4.2. CF broken down by business model – Poland vs. the European market
4.3. CF equity market in Poland
4.4. Beesfund: analysis
5. Summar

Michał Bańka
Crowdfunding and funding sources for startups in corporate acceleration programs

1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
3. Results of the research  
3.1. Funding sources for startups at the time of forming a company
3.2. Funding sources for startups when participating in acceleration programs
3.3. A startup’s usage of funding sources and development stage (MVP, Growth, Scale up)
3.4. Startups’ usage of funding sources and their success in pursuing a proof of concept in collaboration with a corporation
3.5. Length of time of a startup’s operation on the market and funding from given sources  
3.6. Number of persons employed by a startup and funding from given sources
3.7. Usage of funding sources and the presence of foreigners in a startup’s management board
4. Summary and conclusions

Piotr Boulangé, Michał Bańka
How Participants of Share Economy Use Elements of Crowd Economy, such as coworking, crowdfunding and crowdsourcing

1. Introduction
2. Review of Literature
3. Research Method
4. Results of the research
5. Summary of the results
6. Conclusions
7. References

Sławomir Miklaszewicz
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Finance Digitalization in Poland

1. Introduction
2. Assessment methodology of economy and finance digitalization intensity
3. Poland in digital performance reports
3.1. Human capital  
3.2. Connectivity
3.3. Integration of digital technology  
3.4. Digital public services
3.5. FinTech in Poland
4. Innovation Drivers in the Fintech sector
5. Effects of the accelerated FinTech development at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic  
6. Conclusion

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Dr hab. Jarosław Korpysa, prof. US:

The authors have depicted the essence of crowdfunding in the context of economic interdependencies that bind the entities participating in community-based funding. They have depicted the procedures employed to arrange financial means to carry out business projects. The proposed research topic constitutes a significant impulse in popularizing alternative sources of funding projects. 

Dr hab. Bartosz Jóźwik, prof. KUL:

This monograph examines a highly interesting and important research topic from a practical standpoint. It is noteworthy that the entire monograph has been prepared on the basis of a review of the literature present in the milestone papers written by Polish and foreign authors. By applying various research methods the authors have managed to articulate very interesting conclusions representing very important added value in the scope of their research.